Vatican officials said it is possible the pontiff will allow the abortion policy to continue in perpetuity.
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Leuco thought it was a prank, until he saw that the message indeed derived from Vatican City.
The Vatican announcement also comes just weeks before Francis makes his first-ever visit to the United States.
The new cash-only rule currently applies to all establishments in the Vatican, including museums, shops and restaurants.
The Vatican's ambassador to Tanzania and the archbishop of Arusha were attending, but were not hurt.
The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano defended the pope in an unprecedented rebuke to the Times.
These stories had a "short shelf life, " says John Allen, CNN's senior Vatican analyst.
The Vatican has strenuously denied the claims, but protesters are expected at the UK events.
Francis will be installed officially in an inauguration Mass on Tuesday 19 March, the Vatican added.
Cardinals inside the Roman Curia the governing body of the Vatican want to maintain their status in Rome.
However, unlike his departure from the Vatican, there was no live TV coverage of his return.
However, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said this week that Emeritus Pope Benedict was not ill.
Hours after his arrival, the Vatican issued a photograph of Benedict shaking hands with Pope Francis.
He received orders from the Vatican Secretariat of State and briefed the press accordingly.
However, he adds, they were reminded that they were legally bound to follow Vatican directives.
Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi told reporters that was because Mexican bishops didn't make a direct request.
Months after the FIA was created, for example, Vatican officials rewrote the Holy See's financial laws.
Well, we all saw it happen for real earlier this month at the Vatican.
The Vatican provides details on how to visit these and other holy burial sites.
Earlier, the Vatican said Pope Francis would visit his predecessor Pope emeritus Benedict next week.
The Catholic network also has a social-media editor who tweets news coming out of the Vatican.
Still, "there's no consensus around a single name, " said Sandro Magister, a longtime Vatican analyst.
So the Vatican insists there can be no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.
The Vatican has stepped up its campaigns against legislation on abortion and in vitro fertilization.
Pope Paul VI undertook the last major reform of the Vatican bureaucracy in 1967.
The Vatican said a government should not be held responsible for actions of a newspaper.
Vatican officials evidently became alarmed at the nature of the allegations against Cardinal O'Brien.
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Mr Menino became mayor in 1993 after his predecessor left to become ambassador to the Vatican.
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His personal style is low key, the opposite of the pomp and circumstance of the Vatican.
Pope Francis has already been in touch with the chosen cardinals, the Vatican said.
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